News and Events

They’re out! Clan Destine Press has published The Book Club & Other Stories, a collection of my short stories, as part of their Crime Waves Series.  

We launched Shadow City on 4 September, in Gleebooks’ spiffing new auditorium. Thanks to the wonderful James O’Loghlin who asked the questions, to the Echo Publishing Team, and to all friends and readers who helped Shadow City on its journey.  

If you’re in Sydney on Wednesday September 4, join me for the launch of Shadow City. It starts at 6pm. I’d love to see you there. It’s free, but you need to register via the link below: https://gleebooks.com.au/event/natalie-conyer-shadow-city/  

Shadow City, book 2 in the Schalk Lourens series, is out on September 3. Pre-publication reviews are coming in and I’m pleased to say they’re positive. Jeff Popple, from Murder, Mayhem and Long Dogs, has this to say: 'Shadow City is an evocative and exciting story...

Schalk Lourens is back! Shadow City launches on Wednesday 4 September at 6pm at Gleebooks. I’ll be in conversation with James O’Loghlin, and I’d love to see you there. It’s free, but you have to register via the link below....

I’m just back from a month in South Africa, where Penguin Random House launched Present Tense. I was lucky enough to take in two literary festivals - Franschhoek in the Cape and Kingsmead in Johannesburg - and launch Present Tense with one of my literary heroes, Mike...

I’m off to South Africa on Tuesday May 14, to help Penguin Random House send Present Tense into the wild. I'll be at the Franschhoek Literary Festival and Johannesburg's Kingsmead Book Fair. And then there’s the launch. if you’re in Cape Town on 30 May, you’re...

The second volume of Dark Deeds Down Under hit the shelves last week. Edited by Craig Sisterton, it’s a smorgasbord of short stories by Australian and New Zealand authors, including one by yours truly starring my new homicide detective, Jackie Rose. For more...

I'm thrilled to announce I've signed on with Echo Publishing, who will produce the second novel in the Schalk Lourens/Jackie Rose series, and who have commissioned a third book as well. You can expect Shadow City next year... I haven't left Clan Destine Press, however...

Terror Australis, Tasmania's readers and writers festival, is only four weeks away now, and I'm part of it, along with some famous international names - Ann Cleeves, Garry Disher, Vanda Symon - and many of my wonderful crime writing friends. I'll be discussing all...

I'm thrilled to announce that my short story, titled Alys, has won a prize in this year's Scarlet Stiletto competition, run by Sisters in Crime Australia. You can read it, and the other winning entries, as an e-book, The Fourteenth Cut, on Kindle and elsewhere....

There's a new 'books-to-read' site called Shepherd and they asked me to pick a subject and nominate five favourite books on that subject. I chose crime novels with flawed detectives. Here are my favourites...I'd love to hear about yours. You can find my reasons for...